Pickin' and Singin', a Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers release of 1975, belongs to the mid-1970s stretch when Sparks was steadily building his working catalog through a series of small-label albums. The Lonesome Ramblers' configuration of the period framed Sparks's distinctive bluesy guitar work and soulful lead vocal with a tight bluegrass ensemble. The album sat in the productive working stretch between his Starday and King Bluegrass periods and his late-1970s consolidation on the Rebel and Old Homestead labels — the years that would eventually establish him as one of the most respected traditional bluegrass voices of his generation.
Tracklist
- 1 Blues Stay Away From Me alt version 3:07
- 2 How I've tried 2:04
- 3 The Cabin in the Hills of Caroline alt version 2:32
- 4 I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry alt version 2:49
- 5 The rambler's ride 2:26
- 6 Will the Circle be Unbroken alt version 5:38
- 7 Where the dim lights are the dimmest 2:12
- 8 Each night I dream of you 2:57
- 9 Loving sweetheart 2:02
- 10 Lee Highway blues 1:53
- 11 Blue eyes crying in the rain 2:52
- 12 Green pastures in the sky 3:00
